How do you make the most of being strange? My guest Patrick Bristow found a perfect solution: stop trying to fit in and lean into your strangeness.
You've almost definitely seen Patrick countless times on TV and in movies: whenever a script calls for a strangely energetic gay or gay-ish man, there's simply no one else to call. He's been the wigmaster on Seinfeld, Larry David's dance teacher on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the relentlessly bubbly Peter on Ellen. But you may know him best as the terrifying choreographer who swoops down on Elizabeth Berkeley in Showgirls, hollering THRUST IT into her heaving crotch.
I've watched that scene easily a dozen times. But now let's take a look at it from another angle: that of the actor crouching on the floor, bewildered by a director's command to make the lines make sense.
Here's Patrick's introduction on Ellen:
Uploaded by Ellenfanru on 2012-05-09.
And Showgirls, of course:
Showgirls movie clips: http://j.mp/1BBVBam BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/1EbCroM Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Nomi (Elizabeth Berkley) learns a few things during dance rehearsal and is cleared to perform in the show that night. FILM DESCRIPTION: "I'm gonna dance," Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) insists in the opening scene of Showgirls, and dance she does.
And here's Puppet Up:
We spoke with the creators of Puppet Up! Uncensored, Brian Henson and Patrick Bristow, and they told us about how the show came to be. We also had a moment with two of the puppets from the show. Guess who caused more trouble. Tickets: http://www.mirvish.com/shows/puppetupuncensored
Music:
Parisian Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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